COVID-19 Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/covid-19/ A Blog by ACE Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png COVID-19 Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/covid-19/ 32 32 COVID-19 and Self-Injury Among College Students: Risks and Mitigation Strategies https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/05/25/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-college-and-university-students-who-self-injure-risks-and-strategies-for-mitigation/ Wed, 25 May 2022 17:34:50 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17807 Students’ college years coincide with their transition to adulthood, marking a period of intense identity exploration and a sense of endless possibilities. These years are also fraught with change—moving away from family and friends, the demands of college coursework, and the pressures of living on campus. Difficulty adapting to these transitions can increase potential for risky behaviors as well as mental ...

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]]> Many American colleges should be proud of how they navigated COVID-19. The next draft of history should reflect their success. https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/02/01/many-american-colleges-should-be-proud-of-how-they-navigated-covid-19-the-next-draft-of-history-should-reflect-their-success/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:05:06 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17738 By Justin Pope Higher education’s fifth semester of the COVID era is underway. The challenges remain, but this one feels different. Most colleges are pushing forward more courageously, prioritizing students and their mental health. Thanks to experience, the different nature of omicron, and broad political and public recognition of the need to persevere through COVID-19, we are in a new phase. ...

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]]> Veterans Need Colleges to Keep Some Pandemic-Driven Changes https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/09/27/veterans-need-colleges-to-keep-some-pandemic-driven-changes/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:21:12 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17658 By Ryan Pavel and Amy Bernard The flexibility that colleges and universities introduced during the pandemic provided an unexpected benefit for student veterans, and those improvements shouldn’t be thrown out if and when the world can go back to normal. Student veterans in general have an even greater need for flexibility than traditional students do. Veterans are more likely to be ...

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]]> The Advantages of Being a New President in a Virtual World https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/06/02/advantages-new-president-virtual-world/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:31:20 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17572 By Cathy Sandeen On January 4, 2021, I arrived at my position as the new president of Cal State East Bay. The parking lot was virtually empty, and not just because we were returning from the winter break. The San Francisco Bay Area was on lockdown, and there were at most 100 people on a campus with a student enrollment of ...

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]]> Rethinking the Academy: Lessons From Higher Ed’s Response to Equity Concerns During COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/05/24/rethinking-academy-lessons-higher-eds-response-equity-concerns-covid-19/ Mon, 24 May 2021 18:03:27 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17537 By Kristi Hottenstein, Rhonda Phillips, Kara Rabbitt, Suzanne Wilson Summers, and Gabriela Weaver Over a year ago, the coronavirus upended our lives and our institutions. The pandemic, along with a revived racial justice movement, has provided higher education institutions with a greater understanding of who we serve and prompted a more honest assessment of how we have served them both before ...

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]]> Refocusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion During the Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons from a Community of Practice https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/01/13/refocusing-diversity-equity-inclusion-pandemic-beyond-lessons-community-practice/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:48:14 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17334 By Taffye Benson Clayton For several years now, researchers and policymakers have been forecasting the shift in racial and ethnic demographics that is currently underway throughout the United States. These demographic changes have largely informed our understanding of diversity and inclusion as our universities prepared for the influx of a more diverse student body. Diversity brings with it a number of ...

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]]> Four Misconceptions About International Students in the U.S. https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/08/11/four-misconceptions-international-students-u-s/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:45:51 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16858 By Haelim Chun and Jung Hyun Choi For decades, the United States has been the number one destination for international students pursuing higher education. A high-quality education, a diverse environment, advanced technology, flexible support systems, and opportunities to work and develop their skills after graduation have been important reasons why international students choose U.S. colleges and universities year after year. However, ...

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]]> Department of Education Should Not Leave Needy Students Out in the Cold in Midst of a Pandemic https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/07/13/department-education-not-leave-needy-students-cold-midst-pandemic/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:57:23 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16818 By Ted Mitchell Millions of college students and their families, like so many other Americans, are struggling financially as a result of the pandemic-caused economic downturn. That’s why Congress in March approved more than $6 billion in emergency grants for students, to be disbursed by their colleges and universities, as part of the CARES Act. That level of funding was not ...

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]]> When Pandemics End https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/06/29/when-pandemics-end/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:12:29 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16807 By Allan E. Goodman The Institute of International Education (IIE) began its work to promote educational exchange in the middle of the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–20. Within a few months of its declared end, the number of international students coming to the United States increased, as did the number of American students studying abroad. More than 1,500 Americans were studying ...

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]]> Lessons Learned from Rural Community Colleges’ Response to COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/06/22/lessons-learned-rural-community-colleges-response-covid-19/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:07:57 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16769 By Suzanne Wilson Summers Suzanne Wilson Summers is writing about her year in the ACE Fellows Program in a series of posts on how community colleges can build internal cultures that support student success. Read her first post here. Rural community colleges represent over 3.4 million students spread across 800 campuses nationwide and serve as “centers of educational opportunity,” according to ...

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]]> Teaching for Social Solidarity: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Time of COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/06/10/teaching-social-solidarity-diversity-equity-inclusion-time-covid-19/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:00:37 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16755 By Quincy A. Bevely, Sherri Lind Hughes, and Nicholas V. Longo Teaching in this time of uncertainty in response to COVID-19 has brought about many changes in how we engage with one another. For most of higher education, this has meant an abrupt mid-semester shift to online learning and the possibility of that continuing into the fall. Our experience teaching through ...

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]]> Survival to Transformation: Navigating Fiscal Distress During COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/04/23/survival-transformation-navigating-fiscal-distress-covid-19/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:39:08 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16536 The phone call was bracing, to say the least. One of the more energizing parts of my job is talking regularly to college and university leaders around the world about the most pressing issues facing higher education. But this conversation was different. I could hear and feel the distress in the president’s voice: “Summer school enrollment is already under siege and ...

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